Employment and Training Worker III
Employment and Training Worker III
Posted on :
17-03-2025
Employer Active
1 Vacancy
The job posting is outdated and position may be filled
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailValid email field required
Send jobs
Share
Send me jobs like this
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailValid email field required
Send jobs
Monthly Salary
USD 3288 - 5362
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
17-03-2025
Job Description
Position Information
- THIS IS NOT A REMOTE WORK or TELEWORKING POSITION.
THIS POSITION IS LOCATED IN MODOC COUNTY CA.SALARY RANGES:
Employment & Training Worker I: $3288.00 $5101.00 per month**
Employment & Training Worker II: $3456.00 $5362.00 per month**Provides employability services to eligible applicants of local social service agencies; applies program regulations and procedures; assesses employment potential and barriers that interfere with securing employment; identifies needs for social and health services and makes referrals; collaborates with partner agencies and employers; uses an automated system to maintain and monitor participants records and generate reports; may determine the eligibility of applicants and recipients for public assistance programs through interactive interviewing and fact gathering; and performs related work as required.EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING WORKER I
Working under close supervision Employment & Training Worker I is the entry/trainee level in the Employment & Training Worker series. Employees in this class receive inservice training in the performance of routine duties related to the provision of employment services. As requisite skills and knowledge are developed greater independence and the full scope of responsibility are exercised. Employees are expected to promote to Employment & Training Worker II after one year of satisfactory performance at the trainee level.
EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING WORKER II
Working under general supervision Employment & Training Worker II is the journey level in the Employment & Training Worker series. Employees at this level are expected to be fully qualified and able to perform a wide range of employability services including initiating independent contact and collaborating with employers and other service providers. Positions in this class are flexibly staffed and are normally filled by advancement from the lower level of Employment & Training Worker I or if filled from the outside require prior related experience.
The Employment & Training Worker II differs from the Employment & Training Worker III in that the latter is the advanced journey level and may be assigned lead worker duties.
The Employment & Training Worker Series differs from the Social Worker series in that incumbents in the Employment & Training Worker classes are not responsible for the provision of social services; differs from the Eligibility Specialist series in that the primary responsibility of an Eligibility Specialist is the determination of financial eligibility for public assistance programs; and differs from the Integrated Case Worker series in that the primary focus of the Employment & Training Worker series is in providing the full scope of employability services to eligible applicants.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED AND RECEIVED
The Employment & Training Worker II receives supervision from an Employment & Training Supervisor. Examples of Duties
- Duties may include but are not limited to the following:
(For Employment & Training Worker I duties are performed at the trainee level)- Utilizing Motivational Interviewing techniques interviews and evaluates eligible program participants employability to assist participants in achieving selfsufficient employment.Administers and interprets vocational measurement tests.
- Assesses clients employment and education history; identifies employment related skills abilities and barriers; develops goals and plans to improve skills and abilities and overcome barriers; provides career guidance and employment and training counseling; provides labor market information related to local employment possibilities; and as appropriate refers clients to employment related educational and training opportunities.
- Refers clients to other staff members or to community resources for direct and intensive services and specialized counseling as necessary; advocates on clients behalf for most appropriate services including enabling services.
- Assists applicants and recipients in utilizing available resources.
- Makes home visits in connection with casework assignments.
- Provides community outreach for various agency programs.
- Conducts orientation workshops and oneonone training for new and returning program participants.
- Reads comprehends and applies complex regulations rules policies and procedures including the federal Work Participation Rate.
- Participates in development and implementation of program strategies to increase the federal Work Participation Rate.
- Explains relevant program regulations rules and policies to clients and the general public.
- Presents information on available programs to community organizations the general public and employers during job fairs community partner presentations and oneonone.
- Conducts ongoing research to identify labor market information and employment and training opportunities for program participants; and establishes and maintains contacts with regional employers and training providers.
- Completes and processes disbursement of funds documents for clients authorized supportive services i.e. childcare and transportation.
- Places clients into appropriate paid and/or nonpaid work training assignments and monitors performance and progress.
- Completes and processes documents correspondence and reports for authorized supportive services manually or using an automated system.
- Operates a personal computer including software programs and an automated system to enter and retrieve data manage individual client cases and overall caseload compile statistical reports and perform other assigned duties.
- Maintains regular contact with clients to monitor each clients completion of tasks and progress toward attaining goals that will lead to securing employment and compliance with program requirements.
- Documents evidence of individual clients compliance or noncompliance with program rules and regulations and follows procedures related to the imposition of sanctions.
- Performs a variety of clerical duties related to organizing prioritizing and scheduling assignments; meeting deadlines; completing forms reports and other documents; maintaining automated and manual files and logs; managing client cases; and fulfilling other responsibilities as required.
- Establishes and maintains cooperative effective working relationships with program participants; department employees; regional employers educational facilities trainers and all others who are program stakeholders and supporters.
- May assess family situation to determine if Family Stabilization services are appropriate.
- May develop Family Stabilization service plan with family and service providers.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Positions also responsible for determining the eligibility for public assistance programs perform the following additional duties:- Analyzes financial information and eligibility information to determine initial or continuing eligibility for multiple aid programs.
- Enters and retrieves numerical and narrative data and issues benefits from an automated computer system.
- Assists clients in accessing community services.
- Organizes caseload so that necessary case records and documents are processed and updated within specific time limits established by regulation and local policy.
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
Note: The level and scope of the knowledge and skills listed below are related to job duties as distinguished between the two levels in the Definition section.
Knowledge of:- General goals and purpose of employment preparation and training programs and public social services programs.
- Effective and appropriate career vocational and employment counseling techniques.
- Occupational fields and regional labor market trends for private and public sector employers.
- Services provided within the department or agency that program participants may require and the procedure for referring participants for those services.
- Local and regional socioeconomic conditions.
- Characteristics customs and unique needs of local ethnic/cultural populations.
- Basic principles of individual and family behaviors that impact and/or contribute to family stability and selfsufficiency.
- Basic principles involved in the growth and development of personality and ingroup processes.
- Department and community resources available to program participants.
- Computer terminology and computer keyboard arrangement.
Ability to:- Apply techniques and methods for conducting successful employmentrelated interviews record keeping and standard office procedures.
- Elicit factual information from prospective and current program participants who may exhibit behavior indicative of those experiencing deprivation and/or emotional difficulties.
- Interpret financial information and make basic arithmetical computations.
- Accurately gather record and evaluate data necessary for the implementation of appropriate employment preparation and training programs.
- Prepare reports forms plans and agreements required by program rules regulations policies and procedures
- Establish effective engagement with clients; use factfinding techniques and perform indepth and interactive interviewing.
- Listen to clients and develop professional rapport in order to determine the underlying barriers to employment.
- Obtain facts and recognize the relevance and significance; analyze situations and adopt effective courses of action.
- Plan and organize caseload to ensure that deadlines and regulations regarding time limits are met.
- Read understand apply and explain complicated and detailed correspondence and reports regulations and policy directives.
- Determine appropriate course of action in emergency situations.
- Enter information accurately into a computerized system and navigate effectively through automated multiscreen client record system.
- Identify client problems that require referral to other social or community resources.
- Speak and write in a clear and concise manner using correct English.
- Read comprehend apply and follow complex rules regulations policies procedures and other written instructions including the policies procedures and programs of the Social Services Department.
- Prepare standard reports forms plans and agreements required by program rules regulations policies and procedures.
- Use tact and diplomacy when communicating with all persons including those with different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
- Identify and assess program participants employment barriers and develop individual participant plans for securing employment.
- Monitor individual participants compliance with program regulations and when appropriate implement required sanctions.
- Regularly evaluate individual participants progress toward meeting established goals for securing employment; use appropriate methods to motivate and encourage participants and when necessary to counsel participants who have not met goals or expectations.
- Coach individual participants in how to prepare for a job interview and meet future employers job performance expectations.
- Present training workshops to groups of program participants.
- Establish maintain and manage complex records.
- Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with coworkers supervisory and managerial staff; area employers who are willing to employ program participants; community based services providers of child care transportation and other services where program participants are required to attain employment goals; and all others with whom contact is made during the normal course of business.
- Operate office equipment such as a personal computer (including automated systems databases word processing spreadsheets and electronic communications programs) calculator and photocopier.
Minimum Qualifications
- EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING WORKER IOne 1 year of fulltime experience as an Eligibility Specialist II or Social Worker I.ORSix 6 months of fulltime experience as an Eligibility Specialist II; ANDcompletion of 15 semester 22.5 quarter) college units in career planning vocational guidance principles personality development occupational testing and measurement or counseling preparation.OREighteen months of fulltime experience providing case management vocational guidance employment counseling or employment placement services; ANDcompletion of 15 semester 22.5 quarter) college units in career planning vocational guidance principles personality development occupational testing or counseling preparation.ORTwo 2 years of fulltime experience providing case management vocational guidance employment counseling or placement services;ORGraduation from an accredited four year college or university.
EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING WORKER IIOne 1 year of fulltime experience as an Employment & Training Worker I;ORThirty 30 months of fulltime experience performing vocational guidance employment counseling or placement services;AND completion of 15 semester 22.5 quarter) college units in career planning vocational guidance principles personality development occupational testing & measurement or counseling preparation;ORThree 3 years of fulltime experience performing vocational guidance employment counseling or placement services;ORGraduation from an accredited four year college or university;AND one 1 year of fulltime experience performing vocational guidance employment counseling or placement services.
If you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications you must attach your transcripts to your application. Applicants with foreign transcripts must provide a transcript evaluation that indicates the number of units to which the foreign course work is equivalent. Transcripts and evaluations may be unofficial; official transcripts may be required upon appointment. Please redact birthdates and social security numbers. Supplemental Information
- **At the discretion of Modoc County Social Services and with the approval of Merit System Services qualified candidates certified to the eligible list established by this exam may be appointed to the Employment & Training Worker I or Employment & Training Worker II level if the appointee meets the minimum requirements.This is not a remote work or teleworking position. This position is in Modoc County CA (shown in red on the map below):
A valid drivers license may be required at the time of appointment and employees may also be required to drive their own car provide proof of car insurance and a DMV clearance. Individuals who do not meet this requirement due to a disability will be reviewed on a casebycase basis.
This position is fulltime at 37.5 hours per week.
Position may require preemployment drug testing physical and fingerprinting for a background investigation.
Government agencies accessing US government information which include federal tax information must ensure that background investigation requirements for all agency employees and contractors that have access to federal tax information are consistent to the IRS background investigation requirements for access to federal tax information. A background check may be required if the position requires access to these types of records. Background requirements consist of three components which include fingerprinting citizenship verification and local law enforcement checks. State agencies must conduct investigation during time of hire and ensure a reinvestigation is conducted 5 years from the date of the previous background investigation for each employee that has access to federal tax information.EXAMINATION INFORMATIONTRAINING & EXPERIENCE EXAMINATION WEIGHTED 100
The Training & Experience Examination is designed to elicit a range of specific information regarding each candidates knowledge skill abilities and potential to effectively perform the duties relative to the classification. Responses to the questionnaire will be assessed based on predetermined rating criteria. All applicants must complete the entire examination to receive a score. In order to obtain a position on the eligible list candidates must receive a minimum rating of 70 on the examination. MSS is accepting applications on a continuous basis.
ELIGIBLE LIST INFORMATION
A departmental open eligible list will be established for the county of Modoc. The list will be utilized for 12 months after it is established unless the needs of the service and conditions of the list warrant a change in this period.
RETEST PERIOD
Once you have taken the examination you may not retest for SIX 6 MONTHS from the established eligibility date.
SPECIAL TEST ARRANGEMENTS
Special testing arrangements may be made to accommodate applicants for disability military or religious reasons. If you require such arrangements please contact CalHR at orupon notification that your application has been approved. Documentation from medical military school or church officials outlining the accommodation request must be received by our office a minimum of five business days prior to a scheduled examination.
EDUCATION DOCUMENTS
If you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications you must attach your transcripts to your application. Applicants with foreign transcripts must provide a transcript evaluation that indicates the number of units to which the foreign course work is equivalent. Transcripts and evaluations may be unofficial; official transcripts may be required upon appointment. Please redact birthdates and social security numbers.
GENERAL INFORMATION
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship by the start date of employment.
MSS reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the recruitment if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all competitors will be notified.
If you meet the requirements stated on this bulletin you may take this examination. Your performance in this examination will be rated against predetermined rating criteria. All competitors who pass will be added to the eligible list. Meeting the entry requirements does not assure success in the examination or placement on the eligible list.
General Qualifications:Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity initiative dependability good judgement the ability to work cooperatively with others and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. As part of the hiring process a background investigation may be required.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The Merit System Services program is committed to equal employment opportunity for all regardless of age ancestry color disability (mental and physical) exercising the right to family care and medical leave gender gender expression gender identity genetic information marital status medical condition military or veteran status national origin political affiliation race religious creed sex (includes pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding and related medical conditions) and sexual orientation.
ABOUT MODOC COUNTY
Modoc County is a geographically diverse area in the northeastern corner of California and borders both Oregon and Nevada. The City of Alturas is the county seat and the only incorporated city in the County. Federal land comprises much of Modoc County with employees from the US Forest Service Bureau of Land Management National Park Service Bureau of Indian Affairs and the US Fish and Wildlife Service assigned there. These federal operations account for a significant part of the Countys economy. Modoc County is home to the Medicine Lake Highlands which is the largest shield volcano on the US West Coast. Youll also find areas of lava flows cinder cones juniper flats pine forests and seasonal lakes nearly one million acres of the Modoc National Forest as well as hot springs and lava caves which are common to the area and geothermal energy resources.
This job bulletin will not be available online after the application deadline. Please print a copy for your records.
Employment Type
Full-Time
Key Skills
Report This Job
Disclaimer: Drjobpro.com is only a platform that connects job seekers and employers. Applicants are advised to conduct their own independent research into the credentials of the prospective employer.We always make certain that our clients do not endorse any request for money payments, thus we advise against sharing any personal or bank-related information with any third party. If you suspect fraud or malpractice, please contact us via contact us page.
